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In addition to his certificate of competency, he holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marine Engineering from the California Maritime Academy. Matthew has served on a wide variety of merchant and naval vessels, including product tankers, Roll-On/Roll-Off ships, and survey vessels, in all officer ranks up to and including Chief Engineer. He has worked internationally as a Superintendent Engineer, supervising the repair and conversion of tankers, RoRo vessels, and Floating Production, Storage and Offload facilities. He has extensive experience in hull and machinery claims and loss prevention, offshore energy claims and loss prevention, as well as the management of project cargo, heavy lifts, and inland transportation. Matthew has lived and worked in East Asia since 1997 and is conversational in Mandarin Chinese.

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Brookes Bell is a leading multi-disciplinary technical and scientific consultancy serving the marine and energy sectors.

Founded in Liverpool in 1903, Brookes Bell also operate in the UK, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore and enjoy a reputation for being the ‘go to’ firm for casualty investigation, forensic analysis, technical dispute resolution and expert witness work.